Minimum qualifications:

•  Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• Relevant communications work experience

Preferred qualifications:

• Professional experience in a fast-paced business, media or non-profit environment
• Strong track record of creative storytelling, proactive press outreach, and building relationships with journalists and stakeholders
• Demonstrated ability to think creatively and generate big ideas.
• Ability to plan and execute on multiple projects simultaneously, and to influence stakeholders.
• Excellent communications skills, verbal and written.

About the job

You are an experienced, creative and quick-witted Communications Associate to lead our Artist, Creator and Entertainment Communications at YouTube. In this role, you’ll work with cross-functional teams to develop and execute creative campaigns around YouTube’s entertainment offering including YouTube Music & Premium, as well as coming up with novel ways to tell creator stories across the region. You are a smart self-starter who has a strong sense of what makes a good press story and is able to combine creativity with the organizational skills to manage numerous projects on tight deadlines.

It's our job to help inform and educate users, advertisers, partners, opinion leaders--and our own employees--about the benefits of Google's products, our distinctive company culture/values, and our approach to the big public policy issues of the day. To succeed here, you'll combine creativity with organizational skills to manage multiple projects with tight deadlines simultaneously, as well as enjoy pitching to journalists, bloggers and commentators, or producing internal communications and events for our employees. Things happen quickly at Google and to get stuff done here you need to be an enthusiastic team player who can work cross-functionally and isn't hesitant to take risks or try new things.

Responsibilities

• Manage communications related to entertainment and creators for EMEA. Draft narratives, press releases, blog posts, pitches, FAQs, etc. Brief spokespeople and staff interviews.
• Devise and execute creative PR campaigns to drive awareness, usage and excitement around YouTube Music and Premium. 
• Work with our in-country PR teams to help land stories that highlight creators in local and consumer outlets.
• Work closely with our global and regional comms teams to create EMEA-specific communications materials that showcase creativity on YouTube.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments including Partnerships, Product, Marketing, and leadership teams in Europe and the US, to influence and execute strategic plans and launches.